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1 The song of David. Lord, to thee I have raised my soul; (The psalm of David. Lord, I raise up my soul to thee;)
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(24-1) <Unto the end, a psalm for David.> To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.
2 my God, I trust in thee, be I not ashamed. Neither mine enemies scorn me; (my God, I put my trust in thee, so do not let me shamed. And do not let my enemies scorn me;)
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(24-2) In thee, O my God, I put my trust; let me not be ashamed.
3 for all men that suffer thee shall not be shamed. All men doing wicked things superfluously; be they shamed. (for all those who trust in thee shall not be shamed. But all those who do wicked things without cause, let them be shamed.)
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(24-3) Neither let my enemies laugh at me: for none of them that wait on thee shall be confounded.
4 Lord, show thou thy ways to me; and teach thou me thy paths.
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(24-4) Let all them be confounded that act unjust things without cause. Shew, O Lord, thy ways to me, and teach me thy paths.
5 (Ad)dress thou me in thy truth, and teach thou me, for thou art God, my saviour; and I suffered thee all day. (Direct thou me in thy truth, and teach thou me, for thou art God, my saviour; and I have waited for thee all day long.)
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(24-5) Direct me in thy truth, and teach me; for thou art God my Saviour; and on thee have I waited all the day long.
6 Lord, have thou mind of thy merciful doings; and of thy mercies that be from the world. (Lord, remember thy merciful doings; and thy constant love, which thou hast shown from long ago.)
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(24-6) Remember, O Lord, thy bowels of compassion; and thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world.
7 Have thou not mind on the trespasses of my youth; and on mine unknowings. Thou, Lord, have mind on me by thy mercy; for thy goodness. (Remember not the trespasses of my youth; and all my ignorance. O Lord, because of thy love, remember me; for the sake of thy goodness.)
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(24-7) The sins of my youth and my ignorances do not remember. According to thy mercy remember thou me: for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
8 The Lord is sweet and rightful; for this cause he shall give a law to men trespassing in the way. (The Lord is good and upright; and for this reason he hath given a way forward for those who trespass./The Lord is good and righteous; and for this reason he hath given a way back for those who trespass.)
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(24-8) The Lord is sweet and righteous: therefore he will give a law to sinners in the way.
9 He shall (ad)dress meek men in doom; he shall teach mild men his ways. (He shall direct the humble in their judgement; he shall teach the humble his ways.)
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(24-9) He will guide the mild in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.
10 All the ways of the Lord be mercy and truth; to men seeking his testament, and his witnessings. (All the ways of the Lord be loving and faithful; for those who keep his covenant, and his teaching, or his commands.)
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(24-10) All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
11 Lord, for thy name, thou shalt do mercy to my sin; for it is much. (Lord, for the sake of thy name, have thou mercy on my sin; although it is great.)
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(24-11) For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.
12 Who is a man, that dreadeth the Lord? he ordaineth to him a law in the way which he (should) choose. (Who is someone, who feareth the Lord?/who hath reverence for the Lord? the Lord shall ordain to him the way that he should choose.)
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(24-12) Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
13 His soul shall dwell in goods; and his seed shall inherit the land. (He shall live in abundance; and his children shall inherit the land.)
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(24-13) His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
14 The Lord is a firmness to men dreading him; and his testament is, that it be showed to them. (The Lord shall share his secrets with those who fear him/with those who revere him; and he shall show his covenant to them.)
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(24-14) The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
15 Mine eyes be ever[more] to(ward) the Lord; for he shall pull away my feet from the snare. (My eyes be upon the Lord forevermore; for he shall pull away my feet from the snare.)
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(24-15) My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
16 Behold thou to me, and have thou mercy on me; for I am one alone and poor. (Look thou on me, and have thou mercy on me; for I am all alone and poor.)
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(24-16) Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
17 The tribulations of mine heart be multiplied; deliver thou me of my needs. (The troubles in my heart be multiplied; save thou me from all my troubles.)
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(24-17) The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities.
18 See thou my meekness and my travail (See thou my troubles and my trials); and forgive thou all my trespasses.
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(24-18) See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
19 Behold thou mine enemies, for they be multiplied; and they hate me by wicked hatred. (Look thou upon my enemies, for they be many; and they hate me with such wicked hatred.)
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(24-19) Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
20 Keep thou my soul, and deliver me; be I not ashamed, for I hoped in thee. (Keep thou me alive, and save me; let me not be shamed, for I put my trust in thee.)
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(24-20) Deep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
21 Innocent men and rightful cleaved to me; for I suffered thee. (Let innocence and uprightness, or integrity, cleave to me; for I have waited for thee.)
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(24-21) The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
22 God, deliver thou Israel; from all his tribulations. (God, save thou the people of Israel; from all their troubles.)
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(24-22) Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.
Copyright © 2001 by Terence P. Noble. For personal use only.
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